QUIZ: What’s at the Top of Your Back-to-BU Shopping List?

School supply shopping used to be the #1 activity that we’d all look forward to as the summer was winding down—who doesn’t love buying brand-new crayons? That’s all changed in college, though…all you need now is some shitty ballpoint pens and a cheap notebook or two. Money that you used to spend on a cool new backpack now goes toward hellishly expensive Barnes and Noble textbooks. But every BU student is different, which means that we all have different priorities when it comes to shopping for new stuff. Spring 2018 is upon us—what’s at the top of your Survive the Semester shopping list?

So, what does your schedule look like?

Got class twice a week, both of them starting at 2p.m. I’m thinking of dropping one, though…might be too much work.

I’m overloading and it’s going to be hell. Three labs, three pre-labs, three lectures, and three discussion sections. How many credits is that? I don’t even know. Did I mention that I’m overloading? :’)

8 a.m.’s every day. That wasn’t my choice, though! I got a shitty time slot when it came time to pick classes and I didn’t get any classes that I wanted. Humph.

Not too bad. Four classes as usual, a couple every day except on Fridays. Finally, I have Fridays off. It only took me four semesters, but it happened.

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It’s a Friday night. Where are you and whatcha doin’?

In Warren, getting drunk with my floormates and binging on crispy chicken wraps from Late Nite, or in West, doing the Allston Crawl.

In Mugar, studying my ass off. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the semester JUST started, but it’s always good to get a head start on the seven midterms I’ll have during midterm season.

In South, looking for a party with my friends and then eventually giving up because there are no good parties in South. But who wants to drag their ass to West in zero degree weather?

Anywhere, really. Allston, StuVi, T.I.T.S., a hockey game…anywhere where I can drink my stress and problems away. Or just drink in general—I don’t have to be having a mental breakdown to do that.

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What school are you in?

I’m pre-med AND an engineer. Double whammy. Biomedical Engineering is the toughest major at BU, everyone. You heard it here first.

I started out in CGS and then transferred into Questrom, but last semester I switched to COM to study Advertising. So much easier and so much less work, that’s for sure.

CAS. General liberal arts degrees are still in demand, right?

I’m Undecided in CAS. I just don’t know what to pick. I might transfer to CFA…or Sargent…or even SED. I don’t know yet. Just give me some time, okay?? I’ll figure it out!

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What’s your least favorite thing about going to BU?

The party and nightlife scene is kinda lame. You start to get sick of Allston bars after a while. Also, there are no Greek houses. Even lamer.

The super high tuition, obviously. @President Brown, I’m not paying over sixty thousand dollars for a shitty bus system and bad WiFi. Get it together.

When the elevators and escalators break down or just aren’t working, especially in Warren. Walking up and down Comm Ave all day is already tough.

Grade deflation. I didn’t study for fourteen hours straight to get a 37 on my bio exam without the curve. Nowhere else has my mental health deteriorated so quickly.

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What did you run out of last semester that you’re definitely going to buy in bulk this time around?

Motivation, self-discipline, and fucks to give.

Pens. I run out of ink in like five seconds. Taking notes off of a PowerPoint slide in four lectures a week really takes a toll on your writing utensils.

Reasons to go to class. I skipped class at least once a week last semester because I was out every night. But C’s get degrees, so it’s all good.

Mental stability. If I’m stuck doing one more problem set or write one more lab report on a Saturday night instead of de-stressing with Netflix, then I’m going to lose my mind.